A divergent economic recovery from the crisis created by the pandemic risks deepening global divisions at a time when societies and the international community urgently need to collaborate to check COVID-19, heal its scars and address compounding global risks. In some societies, rapid progress on vaccination, leaps forward on digitalization and a return to pre-pandemic growth rates herald better prospects for 2022 and beyond. Others could be weighed down for years by struggles to apply even initial vaccine doses, combat digital divides and find new sources of economic growth. Widening disparities within and between countries will not only make it more difficult to control COVID-19 and its variants, but will also risk stalling, if not reversing, joint action against shared threats that the world cannot afford to overlook.

Preface 

Executive Summary 

Global Risks 2022

worlds Apart

Disorderly Climate Transition 

Digital Dependencies and

Cyber Vulnerabilities 

Barriers to Migration 

Crowding and Competition in Space 

Refreshing Resilience 

Acknowledgements